Man poses as neighbor to rob home

February 17, 2010

A man stole jewelry from a home on the 900 block of Cassie Drive in unincorporated Joliet earlier this month by posing as a backyard neighbor, Will County sheriff's police reported.

The man persuaded an elderly resident to admit him into the home to show where the property line was and to lend him a screwdriver, police said. The resident's daughter returned home 90 minutes after the man left and discovered the screwdriver in her bedroom atop an empty jewelry box, police said.